Hello Everyone,
My Daughter (27) attended a interview for the role of part time Nanny/ Childminder this week, however I was quite shocked by what she told me the Couple were offering by way of payment.
As I understand the child is around 5 years of age.
The role is Live in, Part time in South London. 39hrs week. Wages £100 per week including board and 2 meals but no lunch.
The couple state they want my Daughter (who is a graduate) to take care of their child, from roughly:
7-10am preparing for and taking to school. Cooking all meals.
3-7pm or thereabouts, collecting child from school, cooking evening meal, preparing child for bed etc.
Apologies for not be too precise on times etc as this is from memory from a phone conversation with my daughter but the hours are stated to be 39hrs week.
The last young lady to do this job, apparently left due to financial issues as she could not afford to live despite having a second job.
The couple stated openly to my daughter that she would need a second job to supplement her income.
So in simple terms, in my view, they are paying far less than the minimum wage but expect board and meals to be taken from the wages in lieu of part payment.
My initial reaction was shock and I told my daughter that I suspected such terms may be illegal and below the legal minimum wage.
I am also unsure if pension rules and NI apply for part time work.
Being a young lady struggling to live in London, unbelievably she is seriously considering it, despite me pointing out that once she had taken the cost of her Oyster card and lunch costs out of her £100 per week, she would be left with virtually nothing.
I would love to hear your thoughts on this.
Carlabo